Steering-wheel for boats.



G. A. & G. C. PENNY.

STEERING WHEEL FOR BOATS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.2I,.I9I5.

1,167,108. Patented Jan. 4, 1916.

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S'IEERINGr-WHEEL FOR BOATS.

tion.

Our inventlon relates to new and usefullmprovenients 1n steering devicesfor boats,

being particularly designed for use upon inotor boats and adapted to beplaced n the bow of the boat and connected by ropes with the rudder foroperating the same.

It is the purpose of. the invention topr0 vide an improved form ofsteering devlce,

including a hand wheel, whereby the'ropes mav readily be adjusted fromtime to time in a manner to take up the slack, or to let out the rope asoccasion may require, to design the same so that it will becompact andprac-' ticaoie: further to form the same of a coin-1 parativelv fewnumber of parts made in an,

inexpensive and durable manner.

With these and other eb'ects 1n view the invention resides and consistsinthe *c onstruction and novel comblnation and ar rangement of partshereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and pointed out vin the claims hereto appended, it oeingunderstood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minordetails of construction within the scope of the claims may be resortedto without departure from the spirit or sacrificing any of theadvantages of the invention.

Similar characters of reference denote like or corresponding partsthroughout the sev eral figures of the accompanying drawings forming apart of this specification and up on which,

Figure 1 shows a central vertical longi-" tudinal sectional view of ourimproved form n of boat steering device. Fig. 2 is a front view of thebase plate, supporting post and flange of drum forming a part of theinvention. Fig. 3 illustrates a transversecross section taken on line 33of Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 shows a front elevation of the operating wheel andconnected parts of the steering de-' vice.

Referring in detail to the reference characters marked upon the drawings5 repree Specification of Letters Patent.

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sents a part of the bow ofa boat to which the device is attached and 6 alocking pin that is slidably mounted in the part of the boat and adaptedto be shovedibackw'ardand forward in a manner to engage and disengage anotch 6 in one of the rope drums to secure the same in position.

7 represents a plate which is designed to be attached to the fixed partofthe boat structure by means of screws 8. This plate receives thethreaded end of a supporting post 9 which eXten'd'sfo-ut insubstantially a hori zontal position and serves 'as-a spindle upon Iwhich the'ro'pe drums turn. There are two, of these rope drums one ofwhich is arranged 1 within the other. llheinner' one is designated as 10and the outer'one as 11. The iiiner' drum is provided with a right and aleft hand peripheral groove to receive the ropes 12 and-13f and isfurther provided with a' binding screw '14 and-15 by meansof which theends of the two saidcropes are secured to the inner drum.

16 represents the inner hub and Y17 the;

;' outer hub of theinner drum which are fitted to turn on the spindle 9beforeimentioned. The peripheral surface of the outer hub is shaped toreceive the hub, 18 of the operating wheel19 that is keyed or otherwisesecured thereto. A nut 20 is threadably attached to the'outer end of thepost 19 and servesto retain the" inner drum-and wheel upon, the

'The outer drum is also providedwith an inner hub "21' that'has itsbearing upon the inner end of'the post 9, while the outer inner portionof the same drum is supported upon an annularshoulder 22 upon theperiphery of the inner drum. A longitudinal slot 23 is formed in the'surface of the outer drum and serves as an opening through which the tworopes 12'and 13"are threaded preparatory to being wound upon the outersurface of the outer drum. A

Patented Jan. a, rare.

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said spring. actuated pins 26 and are also locked in position withreference to the fixed part of the boat by means of the before mentionedlocking pin 6.

As before stated the ends of the ropes are secured to the inner drum andare wound around the same more or less as required and then passed outthrough and around the outer drum, said ropes being carried away fromthe drum in opposite directions so that the turning of the drum upon thepost will tend to wind up one rope and run out the other. If it isnecessary to take up the slack in the rope, or perchance to let the ropeout a bit as a result of it being too tight then the operator simplydraws out the spring actuated pins and adjusts the inner drum withrelation to the outer drum thereby winding in or running out the ropesin a way to bring the same toa proper and equal degree of tension afterwhich the pins are freed and allowed to seat themselves again within theadjacent sockets 2a of the fiange thereby again fixing the two drumstogether so that the turning of the wheel will turn both drums and windor unwind the'ropes upon the outer drum without affecting the positionof the ropes upon the inner drum. It will thus be seen that theindependent turning of the inner drum with respect to the outer drum isonly for the purpose of taking up or letting out the rope in a way toadjust the tension of the same. 7

Having thus described our invention what we claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is g 1. In. a steering wheel of the class described,the combination of a rotatable drum, a second drum within the firstnamed drum, a wheel attached to the inner drum, means for detachablyconnecting the inner and outer drum, and ropes secured to the inner drumand. extended out through and over the outer drum.

2. In a steering wheel of the class clescribed, the combination of apost, a drum rotatably mounted thereon, a second drum within the firstnamed drum and having a flange to overlap the outer drum, a Wheelsecured to the inner drum and adapted to turn therewith, means fordetachably 0on necting the inner and outer drum, and means for securingthe outer drum in position.

3. In a steering wheel of the class described, the combination of arotatable drum having a side opening, a second drum within the firstnamed drum, a wheel secured to one of the drums and adapted to turntherewith, means for detachably con necting the two drums, and ropessecured to the inner drum and extended out through and over the outerdrum.

4. In a steering wheel of the class described, the combination of apost, a drum rotatably mounted thereon, a second drum within the firstnamed drum, a wheel se cured to one of the drums and adapted to turntherewith, means for detachably connecting the two drums, and ropessecured to the inner drum and extended out through and over the outerdrum.

5. In a steering wheel of" the class described, the combination of apost, an outer drum rotatably mounted thereon, an inner drum withinthefirst named drum and also mounted on the post, a wheel secured to oneof the drums and adapted to turn the same, means for detachablyconnecting the two drums, ropes secured to the inner drum and extendedout through and over the outer drum, and means for securing one of thedrums in a locked position.

'6. In a steering wheel of the class described, the combination of arotatable drum, a second drum within the first named drum and havingannular grooves formed in its peripheral. surface, a wheel attached toone of the drums, means for detachably connecting the two drums togetherand ropes wound in the grooves of the inner drum and extended out throuh and over the outer drum.

Signed at Good Ground in the county of Suffolk and State of New Yorkthis 13th day of Sept, A. 1)., 1915.

GILBERT A.PENNY. GEORGE C. PENNY.

Witnesses:

ARCHIE D. SKIDMORE, GEORGE E. VAN ScoY.

I Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G.

